Combined casket and grave-vault.



J. W. FREEMAN.

COMBINED CASKET AND GRAVE VAULT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24.1916.

1,298,688. Patented Apr. 1,1919.

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COMBINED CASKET AND GRAVE VAULT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 24, I916.

Patented Apr. 1, 1919.

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. Be itknown that I, JOSEPH EREEMAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new 9 and useful Improvements in, Combined Caskets and Grave-Vaults, of which the following is a Specification.

Thisinrentionrelates to combined caskets and grave vaults'of the type wherein a casket of conventional appearance may be very into a, grave ault the'remains reach the cemete body iwhereby a -spec1fic relation w .The main object of this'invention resides in the combination between the casketbody andthe hood f or transforming this casket into a grave vault, the hood being arranged in such relation that it closely fits I the sides of the'casket when it is desired'to transform the same into a grave vault. In

thi connection, my invention-also resides in the P1'0V1S10I1 of cooperating'shouldcrs'between the hood member and the casket body,

seal is formed to make the confinement within the casket body complete.

Other'objectsof my invention reside in the particular arrangement of hood and its ith the casket body. These detailed constructions will become more apparent after a description of the -accompanying sheets of drawings, in which similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts, and in which:

Fi e 1 is aperspectiveof my l'nventlon showing the,same in the form of a grave vault.

- takena'long the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

the coverings,

shown as being made from a blankhaving abottom '2 and slde walls 3 bent at right Fig. 2 is a cross section, taken through the lower portion of the casket body, showing the manner of attaclnnent of the handles.

' Fig. 3 is a transverse cross sectional view Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken along the line 4-4 of Fig. 3."

Fig. 5 is a detailed view showing one of the corner constructions. 1

p In the asresent embodiment,. the casket body is m e of corrugated sheet metal with moldings and handles. attachedthereto in such'manner that the metal body is not punctured. In the drawings,

nated by thereference-numeral 1 and is Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented A r. 1, 1919.

tom The ends 4 arelikewise bent at right angles to the, base and their vertically ex tending edges joined to form a'lock joint of thetype illustrated in Fig. 5. In this joint the vertically extending edges of both the sides and ends are bent tobe parallel with each other as is shown at 5, then bent laterally as at 6 and then again bent as shown at 7 to be parallel with the sides 5. These edges are securely rolled into firm holding engagement and if desired, the joint may further be soldered. In this way, a container having a bottom and two sides and two ends with an open top, is provided. In order to secure the handles Sin position without 7 puncturing the casket body, I have provided two sets of straps 9, which embrace the lower portionjof'the casket body and which straps are'prouided with tapped holes along their tops, which tappedholes are provided to suit- 7 5 I ably hold nuts 10 in position, as is shown. To

be attached without puncturing the unit such as cardboard 11 directly to the outside walls of thecasket body and then gluing or otherwise securing a cloth covermg 12'in position. A reinforcement member 13 is located adjacent-the upper edge and extends completely around the top of the casket... This reinforcement member is preferably made of a metallic sheet bent to present ave'rtical leg 14, an inwardly pro ecting horizontal leg 15, a down-standing leg 16, an additional horizontal leg 17 and a as is shown at 18. The horizontal leg 17 forms a is designed to cooperate with the lid 20 to form a seat therefor and to prevent the emission of metallic sounds when the lid is loiwered.v Thehorizontal leg 15 forms a shelf 9 or shoulder for cooperating with the hood member as will be presently described. The lid '20 is hingedlymounted to the casket body, as .is shown at 21 and this mounting is located erative. position.

The hbod itself is formed ending sides and ends and an open he top portionis designated y with a top, de-

bottom.

shelf upon which .the wood member 19- rests, which member 19 inwardly of the shoulder portion 15 to permit the hood to moved into opthe reference numeral 22 and will be noted that this top is made of corrugated sheetmaterial, whose ends and sides are bent downwardly for a slight distance. The remaining portion of the hood is made'of plain material,

inasmuch as the greatest strain is placed upon the top and, therefore, corrugated metal has been resorted to in order to obtain the desiredrigidity. These sides and ends are designated by thereference numeral 23 and each is given a, horizontal bend designated 2% to .form a shoulder to cooperate with the shoulder 15 of the casket body. These two shoulders preferably have the gasket 25 placed between them, in order to more perfectly effect a seal. The horizontal portions 24.- of the sides and ends are then given an inclined bend as shown at 26 and then an additional horizontal bend 27, which latter'por'tion forms the means of attachment to, the top portion 22. The meeting edges between the corrugated and plain materials may be soldered in order to render them air tight and the corner portion of each are formed to present a joint similar to that shown in Fig. 8 which has been described in connect-ion with the corners .Of the casket body itself. It will be noted that the depth of the sides and ends 23 is such that when the two shoulders 15 and 24 are in cooperative position, the lower edges of the sides and ends lie directly above the handles 8 and,

therefore, it is not necessary that thesehandles should be removed when the hood is moved to its operative position. The weight upon the ,topof the hood'brings it into firm holding engagement with the gasket25 and thus water is prevented vfrom entering the casket, since it is only possible that this water enter the space between the sides of position'over the outside of the casket body,

said sides being formed with an inward bend adjacent their tops to form a cooperating shoulder and then bent upwardly and a top adapted to'rest upon the upwardly bent sides of said hood.

' 2. A combined casket and grave vault comprising a casket body, a lid thereon smaller than the top of said body to thereby form a peripheral shoulder'around said body, and a hood; having depending sides and ends and an open bottom to be placed 'in position over the outside of the casket body,

the top portion of said hood being of corrugated materia'land the depending sides and ends lying adjacent the sides and ends of the casket body being offiat material, the

sides being formed with an inward bend where the top joins them .to' form 'a 0-0-1 operating shoulder and then an upwardly inclined bend to rest against the underside "of the corrugated top.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH w. FREEMAN. Witnesses:

WALTER E. L. BOQK, RUSSEL M. MoCoaMroK. 

